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We asked UMKC alumni and faculty if they’re consumers of crime shows.

Alex Holsinger: Yes. I recommend the book Shots in the Mirror, by Nicole Rafter; the movies Young Mr. Lincoln, Anatomy of a Murder, Kiss the Girls and The Shawshank Redemption; and the TV shows Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, The Wire and Breaking Bad.

Frank Booth: I watch once in a while. It’s over-dramatized and over-simplified. But the shows are like that so the information is presented to an audience in a way that makes sense.

Ted Hunt: Not usually. My wife won’t watch a courtroom drama with me because I’m constantly jumping in and saying, “That’s not real!” or “That objection is bogus, the judge wouldn’t allow that!” I find it hard to watch. Not because it’s bad in terms of plot but because it’s a silly, ridiculous portrayal of what’s real.

Al Lomax: I’ve always watched the old P.I.-type shows. That’s one aspect of law enforcement that really gets a different twist—it really isn’t law enforcement. Back in the day, they didn’t film the person actually being shot or hit. They intimated it. You’d hear a bang, but you never saw the person get hit, you’d see him fall.
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